Newcastle United will opt against a move for England winger Stewart Downing – despite the player being offered around several Premier League clubs this summer.

The former Middlesbrough wide man is facing an uncertain future at West Ham, and Slaven Bilic may be prepared to move him on.

Downing is also being tracked by Sunderland and Stoke City, but the player’s demands do not fit into United’s blueprint, along with the winger’s age.

His former club Middlesbrough have also been credited with an interest, but it remains to be seen whether he will drop into the Championship.

The ex-Boro man worked with Steve McClaren at the Riverside during a successful spell which resulted in the Teessiders winning the League Cup and playing in Europe for the first time.

But at 30 he is not the type of player the Magpies are looking for and the club’s football board have already presented Lee Charnley with with a shortlist containing stars from Ligue 1 and the Dutch Eredivisie.

Newcastle’s hopes of landing Monaco defender Aymen Abdennour took another blow when it emerged that AC Milan have bid €20m for the centre-back.

West Ham, Manchester United and Liverpool are also thought to be interested.

Sources in France have suggest that Newcastle bid €17m for the player last week, but the offer was rejected by Monaco who are holding out for much more.

A centre-back and striker remain high on United’s wanted list, but the club are hopeful of a breakthrough in the next week.

The players will return to pre-season training tomorrow and Ayoze Perez has spoken about how he is looking to improve on his first season at United.

The Spaniard grabbed seven goals last season and Perez said: “I recognise that my seven goals were very important to support the team.

“I always try to help the team, that is my job at the end of the day.

“But I also think that goals from my other team-mates were important too.”